Asta Managing Agency Limited has provided results and updated forecasts for all its managed syndicates as at 31 December 2020

Syndicate 1729 (Dale Underwriting Partners)

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

131,808

-6.2% loss

-12.5% to 2.5%

1.2 points worse

2019

127,684

-5.0% to 10.0%

-5.0% to 10.0%

unchanged

Syndicate 2525

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

64,365

6.4% profit

0.0% to 10.0%

1.4 points better

2019

69,625

0.0% to 15.0%

0.0% to 15.0%

unchanged

Syndicate 2689 (Verto)

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

98,320

-22.3% loss

-30.3% to -20.3%

3 points better

2019

69,084

-15.0% to 0.0%

-15.0% to 0.0%

unchanged

Syndicate 4242 (Beat Capital)

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

110,000

-37.1% loss

-43.9% to -33.9%

1.8 points better

2019

165,000

-20.9% to -10.9%

-15.0% to -5.0%

5.9 points worse

This syndicate’s 2017 year of account remains open at 31 December 2020. The estimated loss has been amended to a range between -63.63% to -47.90% of capacity. This represents an improvement of 2.4 points to the range given as at 30 September, although a deterioration of 1.2 points in the calendar year.

Syndicate 5886 (Blenheim)

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

179,796

-7.7% loss

-10.0% to -5.0%

0.2 points worse

2019

214,760

-6.0% to 8.0%

-6.0% to 8.0%

unchanged

SPA 6123 (ICAT)

Year of account

Capacity
£000s

Result/Revised forecast Range

Previous Forecast
Range

Change at
Midpoint

2018

20,000

-43.6% loss

-47.0% to -37.0%

1.6 points worse

2019

35,000

-38.6% to -28.6%

-35.6% to -25.6%

3 points worse

All syndicate results and forecasts are expressed as a percentage of allocated capacity and are after all standard personal expenses other than members’ agents’ fees.

A summary of all results and forecasts received to date is available here.